Eriksen (surname)
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Eriksen is a common Norwegian
and Danish
patronymic
surname
meaning "son of Erik", itself an Old Norse
given name
. The spelling form Erichsen Ericson Erikzen is a cognate. People with the surname Eriksen and its cognates include:
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
and Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "son of Erik", itself an Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. The spelling form Erichsen Ericson Erikzen is a cognate. People with the surname Eriksen and its cognates include:
Eriksen
- Beate EriksenBeate EriksenBeate Marie Eriksen is a Norwegian actress and director. Eriksen has acted at several Norwegian theatres and is known for her role on the popular soap opera Hotel Cæsar....
(born 1960), Norwegian actress and film director - Birger Eriksen (1875–1958), Norwegian military officer
- Brett EriksenBrett EriksenBrett Eriksen was a guitarist who played for two Los Angeles thrash metal bands in the 80's, Viking and Dark Angel .-Viking era:...
, American musician - Bruce EriksenBruce EriksenBruce Eriksen was an artist, social activist and founder of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Residents Association . Eriksen and DERA are recognised for materially improving the lives of residents in the Downtown Eastside .-Childhood and youth:Bruce Eriksen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a child of...
(1928–1997), Canadian artist and social activist - Dagrun EriksenDagrun EriksenDagrun Eriksen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party .She was elected into the Norwegian parliament from the county of Vest-Agder in 2001...
(born 1971), Norwegian politician - Christian EriksenChristian EriksenChristian Dannemann Eriksen is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dutch side Ajax...
, (born 1992), Danish footballer - Edvard EriksenEdvard EriksenEdvard Eriksen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor. He is best known as the creator of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, which he completed in 1913.-External links:...
(1876–1959), Danish-Icelandic sculptor - Eivind Kristoffer EriksenEivind Kristoffer EriksenEivind Kristoffer Eriksen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Gjøvik.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1945, but he died before the end of the term. He was replaced by Marie Ingeborg Skau.Outside of politics he worked as a mechanic...
(1893–1949), Norwegian politician - Eline EriksenEline EriksenEline Eriksen was the wife of Edvard Eriksen and the model for the body of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. The face of that statue was modelled after primaballerina Ellen Price. Before this Eriksen had stood model for several of her husband's statues, such as The First Grief and...
, Danish model for the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark - Erik EriksenErik EriksenErik Eriksen is a former Prime Minister of Denmark. Eriksen was leader of the Danish Liberal party Venstre from 1950 to 1965. He served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 30 October 1950 to 30 September 1953 as leader of the Cabinet of Erik Eriksen forming a minority government of Venstre and the...
(1902–1972), Prime Minister of Denmark - Harald Eriksen (gymnast) (1888–1968), Norwegian gymnast
- Hege R. EriksenHege R. EriksenHege R. Eriksen is the Research Director of Uni Health and Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway.Eriksen holds a Cand. Scient in Sport and Physical exercise from the Department of biology and medicine, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education and an Msc.Epidemiology from the...
Norwegian professor - Ingvald EriksenIngvald EriksenIngvald Eriksen was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Danish team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event.-External links:*...
(1884–1961), Danish gymnast - Ivar EriksenIvar EriksenAlf Ivar Eriksen is a former speed skater from Norway. He was born in Hamar.Eriksen won a silver medal on 1500 m, shared with Ard Schenk, at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he came on sixth place on the same distance...
(born 1942), Norwegian speed skater - Jens EriksenJens EriksenJens Dyrløv Eriksen is a male badminton player from Denmark.-2004 Olympics:He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles....
(born 1969), Danish badminton player - John EriksenJohn EriksenJohn Hartmann Eriksen was a Danish footballer. During his career he played for Svendborg FB and Odense BK in his native Denmark, Roda JC and Feyenoord in Holland, FC Mulhouse in France and Servette FC and FC Luzern in Switzerland.He won 17 caps and scored six goals for Denmark, and played in the...
(1957–2002), Danish footballer - Kaj-Erik EriksenKaj-Erik EriksenKaj-Erik Eriksen is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Danny Farrell in the television series The 4400, Jeremy Peters in the television series Boston Public, and as the son of the main character in the 1990s show The Commish.-Career:Eriksen began his acting career in Vancouver,...
(born 1979), Canadian television actor - Lars-Erik EriksenLars-Erik EriksenLars-Erik Eriksen was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.At the 1980 Winter Olympics, he earned a silver in the 4 x 10 km...
(born 1954), Norwegian cross country skier - Mads EriksenMads EriksenMads Eriksen is a Norwegian cartoonist, best known for the comic strips M and Gnom.-Biography:Eriksen was born in Malvik. His career in comics began in 2000, when his first comic strip, Gnom, was accepted into Smult, a magazine dedicated to promoting promising Norwegian cartoonists...
(born 1977), Norwegian cartoonist - Marius EriksenMarius EriksenEmil Marius Eriksen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Barbu, Norway and died in Oslo. He was the father of Marius Eriksen, Jr...
(1886 - ?), Norwegian gymnast - Odd EriksenOdd EriksenOdd Eriksen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. In addition to his political career he gained national fame after stopping an Algerian hijacker from crashing a Kato Air-flight in 2004.-Career:...
(born 1955), Norwegian politician - Olle Johan EriksenOlle Johan EriksenOlle Johan Eriksen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Haugesund.Eriksen, who belonged to Rogaland, was never elected directly to the Norwegian Parliament but served as a deputy representative in the periods 1969–1973 and 1973–1977...
(1923–1999), Norwegian politician - Peter EriksenPeter EriksenPeter Eriksen, of Sweden, is the 1998 Manhunt International winner.By winning the Mister Sweden title in 1998, he earned his ticket to compete in the Manhunt International in Gold Coast, Australia....
, Swedish, 1998 Manhunt International winner - Preben EriksenPreben EriksenPreben Kollster Eriksen in Odense, Denmark, is a former speedway rider who rode with the Wolverhampton Wolves and the Ipswich Witches in the British League.He won the World Team Cup with Denmark in 1984 and 1985.-World Final Appearances:...
(born 1958), Danish speedway rider - Rune Eriksen (born 1974), Norwegian musician
- Stein EriksenStein EriksenStein Eriksen is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.-Background:Stein Eriksen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Marius Eriksen and Birgit Heien . Stein's father, Marius Eriksen competed in the 1912 Olympic Games as a gymnast...
(born 1927), Norwegian-American alpine skier - Synnoeve EriksenSynnoeve EriksenSynnøve Eriksen is a Norwegian novelist. She now lives in Oslo and has written the Bergfoss series .-References:...
(born 1963), Norwegian novelist - Thomas Bruun EriksenThomas Bruun EriksenThomas Bruun Eriksen was a Danish professional road bicycle racer who ended his career after the 2005 UCI ProTour season....
(born 1979), Danish road bicycle racer - Thomas Hylland EriksenThomas Hylland EriksenThomas Hylland Eriksen is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo. He has done field work in Trinidad and Mauritius. His fields of research include identity, nationalism, globalisation and identity politics. Eriksen finished his dr. polit.-degree in 1991, and was made professor...
(born 1962), Norwegian professor - Torun EriksenTorun EriksenTorun Eriksen is a Norwegian singer, whose musical talents first came to prominence as a music student at high school in Norway. From the age of six, she sang in various gospel choirs, and by the age of 19 had become a featured soloist. With a background steeped in soul, jazz, pop, and through her...
, Norwegian singer
Erichsen
- Bente ErichsenBente ErichsenBente Erichsen is a Norwegian culture director and the current Director of the Nobel Peace Center.A former journalist and commercials producer, Erichsen started her career as feature film producer in 1979...
(born 1949), Norwegian culture director - Eivind ErichsenEivind ErichsenEivind Erichsen was a Norwegian economist and civil servant.He was born in Kristiania as a son of postmaster Erik Emanuel Erichsen and Petra Antoine Olsen . In May 1944 he married Ingrid Holmboe. She was a great-grandniece of Bernt Michael and Christopher Andreas Holmboe...
(1917–2005), Norwegian economist - John Eric ErichsenJohn Eric ErichsenSir John Eric Erichsen, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon, born in Copenhagen, was the son of Eric Erichsen, a member of a well-known Danish banking family....
(1818–1896), Danish-born British surgeon - Ludvig Mylius-ErichsenLudvig Mylius-ErichsenLudvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition to West Greenland, and in the early stages discovered near Evigheds Fiord two...
(1872–1907), Danish explorer of the Arctic - Tinius Nagell-ErichsenTinius Nagell-ErichsenEinar Fredrik Åke Tinius Nagell-Erichsen was a Norwegian publisher, noted for his leadership of the Schibsted media conglomerate which includes the broadsheet newspaper Aftenposten and the tabloid Verdens gang....
(1934–2007), Norwegian publisher
See also
- Erik
- EriksonEriksonErikson is a common Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Erik", itself an Old Norse given name. There are other spelling variations of this surname as it's common amongst Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, and Germans. Erikson is uncommon as a given name...
- ErikssonErikssonEriksson is a common Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Erik", itself an Old Norse given name. There are other spelling variations of this surname such as Erikson, Ericson, Ericsson and Erixon...
- Ericsson (disambiguation)Ericsson (disambiguation)Ericsson is a Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer.Ericsson or Ericson may refer to:- Companies :*Ericson Yachts, a pioneering builder of fiberglass yachts...
- Erickson (disambiguation)